Individual Details
(13 Jun 1820 - 2 Sep 1878)
Events
Birth | 13 Jun 1820 | Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois | | | |
Marriage | 8 Dec 1841 | Matilda Jane Pomeroy | | | |
Military | Bet 1847 and 1848 | raised Company J. 5th Regiment Illinois Volunteers for service in the Mexican War | | | |
Miscellaneous | Apr 1849 | and a party including brother-in-law Allen Pomeroy started across the plains for California | | | |
Occupation | Aft Apr 1849 | gold miner - California | | | |
Residence | 1853 | Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
Occupation | 1863 | elected sheriff, served for four terms - Santa Clara County, California | | | |
Affliation | Bef 2 Sep 1878 | was a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Santa Clara Pioneer Society - Santa Clara County, California | | | |
Death | 2 Sep 1878 | murdered with his friend Cornelius Finley while prospecting - Arizona | | | |
Burial | Aft 2 Sep 1878 | in the Oak Hill Cemetery - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
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